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Walking

Apr 09, 20231 min read

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We are, after all, “the small bipeds with the giant dreams”

Nietzsche saw the link between walking and creativity. “There is nothing more revealing than to see a thinking person walking,” wrote Thomas Bernhard, “just as there is nothing more revealing than to see a walking person thinking.” A passionate walker herself, Rebecca Solnit has defined the act as “a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned.”

On Why We Walk


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    Jul 21, 2026

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